Manchester Academy

Meshuggah
Offering a complex form of metal that combined the sweeping adverturism of math rock, the oddball tempos of experimental jazz, and the stunning brutality of thrash metal, Meshuggah raised the bar ...

Gotye
Gotye (pronounced "gore-ti-yeah") was the alias of Australian electronic pop trickster Wally de Backer. Born in Belgium and raised in Melbourne, de Backer began making music in his bedro...

Stray Cats
The key group of the early-'80s rockabilly revival, the Stray Cats scored several big hits on both sides of the Atlantic thanks to a striking visual style tailor-made for the early days of MTV, as...

Hayes Carll
If you haven’t already heard of Hayes Carll, you soon will. In the three years since his self-released second album, Little Rock became available, Carll has toured relentlessly in North America an...

Scars on Broadway
The Daron Malakian led rock and metal project formed by the System of A Down guitarist after that band decided to take an extended break following their Mezmerize and Hypnotize releases, Scars On ...